Malvaceae

Hibiscus Family

By: George Rogers

According to HUX, a family of 116 genera and over 1500 herbs to trees, often with star-shaped (stellate) hairs, mucilage, alternate and often-palmate leaves, stipules, 5 separate sepals, 5 free or nearly free petals, and usually numerous stamens united into a tube around the style. Carpels usually 5, often becoming a loculicidal capsule.

Plants listed in the manual include:

Hibiscus coccineus

Hibiscus rosa

Malvaviscus arboreus

Sida cordifolia

Sida ulmifolia

Urena lobata